Kourosh Mohammadi - Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
S.Abdolwahab Samavi - Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Abdollah Azadi - Department of clinical psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hormozgan, Iran

This study aims to compare the parenting styles and resiliency in depressed students and non-depressed 14 - 17 years students of high schools in Persian city. The study was descriptive that has been employed casual-comparative design. The sample included 100 students (50 depressed students, 50 non-depressed students) which were selected by multistage cluster sampling. Parenting styles questionnaire was completed by parents and students completed resilience and CDI questionnaires. The data were analyzed using independent samples t-test, ANOVA and MANOVA. Results of independent samples t-test showed that there is a significant difference between the resilience in depressed students and non-depressed students, so that the non-depressed students have higher resilience. Results of MANOVA showed that parents of depressed students have a significant higher use of authoritarian and permissive parenting styles and parents of non-depressed students have a significant higher use of authoritative parenting style. Results of ANOVA showed that there is a significant difference between the resilience in depressed students with permissive parenting style and authoritative parenting style, so that the depressed students with authoritative parenting style have higher resilience.

Parenting Styles, Resilience, Depressed Students, Non-Depressed Students